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Online Degrees Increasingly Gaining Acceptance Among Employers

Skills, experience and reputation of school are more important factors.

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2007

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education established the Sports Scholars Awards to honor undergraduate students of color who have made achieving both academically and athletically a winning combination. Two scholar-athletes — the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s women’s basketball player DeCarol Davis and University of Maryland-Baltimore County track and field standout Isaac Matthews — were selected as Sports Scholars of the Year for best exemplifying the standards of scholarship, athleticism and humanitarianism. Diverse honors Arthur Ashe Jr. by recognizing these student-athletes and salutes DeCarol and Isaac and all of the 2007 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars.

Virginia State U Looks To Double Its Enrollment

ETTRICK, Va. Virginia State University is reinventing itself. The historically Black college of just under 5,000 students hopes to double its enrollment in upcoming months, diversify its largely Black student body and strengthen its image with new buildings, curriculum and staff.

Howard University First HBCU to Divest From Sudan

Calling the human rights abuses in Sudan “intolerable,” Howard University’s Board of Trustees voted recently to cut off all ties with companies doing business in the war-torn African nation.

Indiana University Joins 9 Black Colleges For Science Initiative

INDIANAPOLIS Indiana University is joining with nine historically Black colleges and universities to boost the number of minorities seeking careers in science, starting with a summer program for promising students who will work at IU’s research laboratories.

Univ. Of Michigan Uses Computer Program To Achieve Diversity

ANN ARBOR The University of Michigan says it has stopped using race and gender when selecting which students to admit, but it is using new tools to make sure it brings in a diverse class next fall.

Morehouse Focuses On Character, Retention Through Admissions Interviews

Morehouse is expanding its admissions process to include interviews of all serious candidates. The school says it won’t make a decision on anyone until the prospective student has had a conversation — either in person or over the phone — with a school official or an alumnus who has been through recruitment training.

Bush Administration Making Attempts to Simplify Student Aid Form

As national leaders prepare for a summit on higher education’s future, congressional Democrats and the Bush administration are vying for the spotlight in an effort to simplify the bulky Free Application for Federal Student Aid used by low-income students.

Truth In Advertising

Picture this: A group of ethnically diverse students studying together in expansive, state-of-the-art libraries or strolling across perfectly manicured campus lawns…

Grants & Gifts

The American Indian College Fund has received a five-year, $17.5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to fund the Woksape Oyate initiative. The initiative, plans to help improve the quality of faculty and students attending tribal colleges while allowing the colleges to tailor their programs to meet their specific needs. Calhoun Community College (Ala.) has […]

Accelerating Hispanic Progress in Higher Education

As the Hispanic community continues to grow in this country, efforts to accelerate and expand student success in higher education will be critical to the nation’s future competitiveness, says Excelencia in Education President Sarita Brown at a Capitol Hill policy briefing on Tuesday.

Hamilton College To End Merit Scholarships In Favor of Need-Based Aid

CLINTON, New York Hamilton College said Thursday it will stop offering merit scholarships to incoming students in 2008 and use the money instead to provide more need-based assistance to low-and middle-income families.

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